Jimi Hendrix - "All Along The Watchtower" | FIRST TIME REACTION!!!

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Purple Haze is not only my fave Hendrix song, but my all time fave!

[@richardmyers3823]

One does not simply pick one single favorite Jimi song. When they are all favorite.

[@fedogma8407]

This song was written by Bob Dylan and Hendrix released his version a few months later. Dylan was astounded and said Hendrix had improved the song. In fact in later performances Dylan did an electric version of this song that was similar to the Hendrix version. As for Hendrix, yes, one of the great masters of the guitar with a style all his own.

[@JosephCampos-g9j]

He is the greatest. He is the original nobody sounded like that back then

[@hudsonhollow]

On July 4th, 1970 Jimi played Star Spangled Banner for us at Atlanta Pop. A few weeks later, he left us behind forever. The guitar strap he wore that night (brown with large tan Xs) is now used by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame in most of his performances. This song is a cover, but Jimi wrote many great songs himself. To me, the most emotional and beautiful lyrics he wrote were "The Wind Cries Mary".

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Remember that he was the first to play the guitar like this. Literally the day after he went onstage in London with Eric Clapton, with many great musicians watching, all of them changed the way they looked at & played guitar. He affected guitar music from that day in 1966. So if younger people hear his music & it sounds like a lot of music that came after, remember he was the one who created that sound & musicians are still trying to sound like Jimi to this day.

[@davidmckenzie420]

One of the great songs from the GOAT.

[@chrismonroe8582]

A live album called "In The West" is excellent with a version of his tune "Little Wing". The greatness of Jimi is immeasurable and the number of memorable songs seems endless to me. An easier to find version of "Little Wing" is on his second album "Axis Bold As Love" which is a joy to listen to end to end, as most are with him.

[@PilloryClinton]

Love Crosstown Traffic by Jimi! It’s such an upbeat jam! 💪🏽

[@BH-h6l]

The only way to really appreciate what Hendrix did for guitar and why he is such a legend, is to sample what other guitar players were doing in 1968. That's when this song came out. Just do a wiki search on what songs were charting that year, especially guitar-based rock songs, and sample a few on KZbin. Then you'll understand why this song blew people's minds when it came out.

[@kayfromgroningen1846]

Machine Gun, from the Band of Gypsys live album has some of the most bone chilling guitar solos ever. He also made some great quieter sensitive songs like Drifting, Angel, Little Wing, Have You Ever Been..

[@markmason4757]

This is one of my favorite Hendrix songs of all time, but my absolute favorite is also on this album - Voodoo Child (Slight Return). Started listening to him in high school and was devastated when he died while I was in college.. We will never know what he might have achieved.

[@richardmyers3823]

Every guitarist here worshiped hendrix. emulated hendrix and loved hendrix.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Keep going with Jimi Hendrix, he's legendary! 'Are You Experienced', 'Purple Haze', 'Voodoo Child' etc. He only made 3 studio albums in his short life, and a few live ones, but he created a large number of incredible songs. He wrote the songs (this song just happens to be a cover, though), wrote the lyrics & music & sings, he should get credit for his prolific song writing, too. I really appreciate that young people like yourself are learning about this great music.

[@danreed5171]

dude do Hendrix--------"Fire".................yeah straight fire

[@jaytroyer8590]

The story I read was that Hendrix was at a party in London, when someone put on the new Bob Dylan album, and Jimi was transfixed. He grapped the record, called up his band, went to the studio and recorded All along the Watchtower. In a Swedish tv recording of a live concert in Stockholm shortly thereafter it's single release, Jethro Tull (if I recall correctly), with the Jimi Hendrix Experience opening. Jimi has to turn down shouted requests for Watchtower, explaining it was too new for them to play live yet~

[@richardmyers3823]

I have shared with you my favorite bands that wove the thread between heavy blues rock and heavy metal. the bands that forged heavy blues rock into metal towards the end of the 70s, with divine inspiration from Hendrix's guitar.

[@georgetitsworth7991]

My favorite song is Red House. It’s great and real bluesey!

[@willchristopher1899]

Nice reaction. You have an adventurous road ahead of you.

[@arroyo284]

Such a brilliant artist. Jimi sang like he was reading poetry. I thought he was compelling. Some of his songs and lyrics were really interesting. Maybe check out his Little Wing, very short but so good. Many have covered it, but Jimi’s version is unmatched. 😂

[@will-x9c]

You should react to Machine Gun, live, from his Band of Gypsys album. The most intense antiwar song ever performed (Jimi was a US Army veteran). He does impossible things on guitar. My first concert ever, Jimi and the Experience, 1968. Amps stacked to the ceiling, loud loud loud. And brilliant

[@Anthony-g7s8i]

Classic guitar 🎸 playing pure class 😅😅😅😅😅

[@markw.8455]

Hendrix plays a traditional right-handed stratocaster, but left-handed. So the guitar is upside down and restrung. Check out live performances. He had a short career because he died at the age of 27 I believe.

[@robertpetre9378]

The first original guitar God

[@Jazzbeau1]

Jimi is singing a Bob Dylan song. Check out Dylan and other artists doing Dylan covers and you will be well versed in 60's and 70's rock.

[@hpb5495]

Baddest electric cat of them all..

[@CBii11]

If 6 was 9... said to be my life through song

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

there's a lot of really good hendrix songs but THE best are his "woodstock" performance from the album which fuses "the star spangled banner" with "purple haze" - also "peace in mississippi" is a kick-ass instrumental off his first album released posthumously - and lastly ALL of side 3 from "electric ladyland" is a psychedelic masterpiece. do a search for "electric ladyland nude cover" to see this albums original cover. its really cool. thanks for the video.

[@jvs333]

Back then guitarists were playing guitars... Jimi came along and was playing sounds

[@LessAiredvanU]

There is a great joke "quote"; 'Jimmy Page wrote "Stairway to Heaven" when he as 21, I could play it at age 16!' Until you realise what 'great guitar playing ' was the standard in 1969, you have no idea how incredible Hendrix was. Also, Hendrix rarely overdubbed his vocals - he had no idea how good a singer he was.

[@DockLangosh1944]

Jimi was created this song better than Bob Dylan with his original song.

[@pierretoureille7359]

Listen to more Hendrix! Your life will be the better for it! Machine Gun with the Band of Gypsies should be next!

[@johnthursfield3056]

Favourite Hendrix would be side 3 of Electric Ladyland. Live guitar playing Machine Gun

[@LeslieEscobedo-sx7ee]

Check out Purple Haze.. that's my fav..

[@billdomitilli8125]

Red House. LP version.

[@erikahlander3489]

Favourite songs? "1983...etc" widened my scope of music. "Pali gap" is nice. But since your accent sounds Swedish I should mention "Tax free" by Hansson & Karlsson who had some cooperation with Hendrix while in Sweden. Bosse Hansson (organ) later made some best selling albums inspired by the novels "Lord of the rings" (before there were any movies) and Janne Loffe Carlsson switched between drumming and as a comedian artist (like in "Göta Kanal").

[@JosephCampos-g9j]

Hey joe...is my favorite of course I'm joe

[@marshallgoff2651]

Little Wing or Fire

[@imfranki]

I reccomend House Burning Down

[@williamlovett619]

Bob Seger, Night Moves. Thank you.

[@zwieseler]

Watch a live performance....

[@metalteen.]

Good idea, I'll do it next time =)

[@leiflindqvist3521]

Thanks you know soon when you grow older😂

[@sicotshit7068]

Checkout Led Zeppelin, I’ll suggest first Achilles Last Stand, but everything is great by them.

[@metalteen.]

@@sicotshit7068 Love them!

[@sicotshit7068]

@ I’ve loved them for over 50 years, greatest band ever.

[@BM4-Life_810_Po]

Hello Metal Teen, Please checkout a group from Japan called *BAND-MAID* and the song *Dice* Thanks 😛

[@McLovin-d9e]

Wow never heard of this group that bass player is awesome. 😊

[@bornfree2315]

Yep Machine Guns the one!

[@Henry-eg2fp]

Please check out Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood at The El MO Combo in Toronto Ontario Canada 1983. Stevie's idol was Jimmy Hendricks.

[@bartstarr100]

Jimi screws up the lyrics 'None will level on the line nobody of it it is worth" HUH? Dylan wrote: None of them along the line know what any of it is worth.